If the rose has sunk with the compost I would be tempted to lift and reposition it @owd potter, especially if it has sunk to half the pot's depth. I'd be thinking about the remaining available space for roots. If the graft is still close to the top, I would just add fresh compost, in the way you would top dress a pot to add fresh nutrients, but see what others say.
Is your mandatory tree going in the same place @Tack or have you found a new space? Do you have to get the same kind of tree or is there a choice?
Autumn temperatures are in full force here causing all the roses in bloom to have slight damage, so decided to cut a bunch of Ruby Wedding for a vase. They really have done well in their first year, and are a lovely deep red.
It's probably more like 60% full. I did consider repotting but then that would start the consolidation cycle again and return me to the same point next year. It looks like it has shrunk away from the graft which is partially exposed so I think I'll just refill to above that again. Is it a continual process of topping up for roses grown in pots? Looks like I have a couple of dead stems to cut back too in pruning season
@purplerallim that's gorgeous! Such a crisp, pure colour.
Chandos B smells wonderful, @Fire. If Style bring it back as a standard, I think I will copy pitter-patter and get it in that form, too. Truly lovely rose.
@owd potter I top up all my pots (not just roses) every year. I have a dog eating the compost, but I think there would always be shrinkage anyway.
That is lovely bunch purpleallim, I try to discourage 'name' rose gifts but I might allow Ruby Wedding when the time comes (not that far off). Congratulations on that milestone.
I too top up my pots yearly but there comes a point when I do tip them out, put more loamy soil in the base and knock off the soil from the shoulders of the rootball and repot. I think this year I will do as Marlorena has described and give my oldest potted roses a root prune
@Victoria Sponge Because the tree was an Ash we are not allowed to replace it with another due to Ash Dieback disease all around here. The replacement has to be a native tree of, ultimately, the same size. It can go anywhere in the back garden but with the roots and trunk base of the Ash still there we've had to choose a new spot, not that easy when there are already 4 more mature trees in the garden. Still I won't live to see this one fully grown, not my problem! We've tried to consider the future occupants and neighbours re canopy spread and density so after a bit of horse trading with the Council we've agreed on Betula pubescens (Downy Birch).
@owd potter I suppose at first it is compaction and then a constant leakage when watering. I'm taking advantage of the sinkage this year in my big pots to put in crocus at the low level and then top pot up with new compost.
I'm also repotting a few things, roses and a couple of permanently potted shrubs to refresh compost and to go a pot size up. I've ordered bulk JI3 for the first time, 700 litres, which seems a bit much (at the smallest bulk size) but I daresay I will need more than I've calculated.
Had the last of the trellis delivered this AM, needed for my winter projects but it's too windy to mess about with trellis today, especially as I am a one-man team, will postpone.
Have made a couple of small orders with some nurseries I have not used before, Champion, for a couple of buddleias and some perennials from Bean Place. Not sure if they are known to the forum but I will report back if all good.
A sprig of Lilac Bouquet
An unsung hero, Yvonne Rabier. Has a myrrhy scent I'm not fond of but a very obliging rose, lots of flowers at the same time and even when blemished have a nice effect. Shrub has an airy and nice shape and it doesn't defoliate.
Pupdates, love that @Tack 😆 have you been reading the trials and tribulations on my older dog/puppy potting shed thread? TPOs are a really good thing, but what a pain having to deal with, hope the new tree settles in well.
@owd potter it does look as if the graft is set a little low in the pot, but I would do as you and just top it up for now then repot it next Spring. Repotting will rejuvenate it with fresh growing medium and shouldn’t set it back at all.
There’s been some lovely reds posted and I’m tempted every time I see one, but they just pale to an unattractive colour and/or fry here. LD Braithwaite actually held it’s red colour really well but was a terrible, gangly, diseased shrub that got worse year on year. Munstead Wood is currently opening deep red rather than purple though:
Shame WS2000 blooms face the floor, hoping for stronger necks next year:
Good new growth on Lady Hillingdon:
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Ruby Wedding in its first year has had a very upright habit, with long canes @Tack@Eustace@WhereAreMySecateurs This is the second flush, with buds still left on the plant. I hope to cut them hard back in Feb/March to encourage a more bushy growth, but wonder if it will take that severe a cut back, and be to the detriment of flower production 🤔
P.S. @Nollie these roses were in full sun 40° heat all summer. Did have to water regularly as in pots and new, but still had two flushes of flowers that held their colour quite well and still have buds now. ( unlikely to do too much more as frost forecast this week)😁
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Is your mandatory tree going in the same place @Tack or have you found a new space? Do you have to get the same kind of tree or is there a choice?
It's probably more like 60% full.
I did consider repotting but then that would start the consolidation cycle again and return me to the same point next year.
It looks like it has shrunk away from the graft which is partially exposed so I think I'll just refill to above that again.
Is it a continual process of topping up for roses grown in pots?
Looks like I have a couple of dead stems to cut back too in pruning season
Chandos B smells wonderful, @Fire. If Style bring it back as a standard, I think I will copy pitter-patter and get it in that form, too. Truly lovely rose.
@owd potter I top up all my pots (not just roses) every year. I have a dog eating the compost, but I think there would always be shrinkage anyway.
I'm also repotting a few things, roses and a couple of permanently potted shrubs to refresh compost and to go a pot size up. I've ordered bulk JI3 for the first time, 700 litres, which seems a bit much (at the smallest bulk size) but I daresay I will need more than I've calculated.
Had the last of the trellis delivered this AM, needed for my winter projects but it's too windy to mess about with trellis today, especially as I am a one-man team, will postpone.
Have made a couple of small orders with some nurseries I have not used before, Champion, for a couple of buddleias and some perennials from Bean Place. Not sure if they are known to the forum but I will report back if all good.
A sprig of Lilac Bouquet
An unsung hero, Yvonne Rabier. Has a myrrhy scent I'm not fond of but a very obliging rose, lots of flowers at the same time and even when blemished have a nice effect. Shrub has an airy and nice shape and it doesn't defoliate.
@owd potter it does look as if the graft is set a little low in the pot, but I would do as you and just top it up for now then repot it next Spring. Repotting will rejuvenate it with fresh growing medium and shouldn’t set it back at all.
There’s been some lovely reds posted and I’m tempted every time I see one, but they just pale to an unattractive colour and/or fry here. LD Braithwaite actually held it’s red colour really well but was a terrible, gangly, diseased shrub that got worse year on year. Munstead Wood is currently opening deep red rather than purple though:
Shame WS2000 blooms face the floor, hoping for stronger necks next year:
Good new growth on Lady Hillingdon:
This is the second flush, with buds still left on the plant. I hope to cut them hard back in Feb/March to encourage a more bushy growth, but wonder if it will take that severe a cut back, and be to the detriment of flower production 🤔
P.S. @Nollie these roses were in full sun 40° heat all summer. Did have to water regularly as in pots and new, but still had two flushes of flowers that held their colour quite well and still have buds now. ( unlikely to do too much more as frost forecast this week)😁